Afternoons for Wednesday 9 November 2022
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Vintage NZ photos in the US up for auction
1:15 PM.Over a million vintage New Zealand photographs almost ended up in landfill after being sent to the US to be digitised in 2013. Among the photos are images of the Rainbow Warrior sinking, Sir Edmund… Read more Audio
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NZ's only drum festival
1:25 PM.New Zealand's only drum-dedicated festival kicks off next Friday. It'll explore percussion from many different cultures, like African drumming, Tasmanian leather string drums, and Japanese Taiko… Read more Audio
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Akaroa Garden tour
1:35 PM.Coming up there's a chance to have a nosey around the manicured gardens of Akaroa. Jill Simpson talks to Jesse about the chance to visit some of the most beautiful gardens in the South Island. Read more Audio
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Common Ground photo exhibition in Hokianga
1:45 PM.A trip back in time is on display at the Village Arts Gallery in Kohukohu, the exhibition is called Common Ground. It's a series of photos from a project which started in 1984 and was meant to take 6… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Podcast Critic: Elliott Childs
2:08 PM.Today Elliott Childs talks to Jesse about America's Dead and Significant Others. Read more Audio
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Bookmarks with John Bonning
2:20 PM.Today's Bookmarks guest has been working as a doctor for more than three decades, spending many of those years as an emergency physician. He's worked extensively in different EDs throughout Aotearoa… Read more Audio
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Maths without numbers can make you smarter!
3:10 PM.Former NASA roboticist turned cartoonist Randall Munroe spends his days applying physics and math to answer crazy questions.. He tries to make science accessible in his latest book, "What If? 2… Read more Audio
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Maths without numbers can make you smarter!
3:10 PM.There is such a thing as a stupid question. For example, what would happen if the Solar System was filled with soup out to Jupiter? But trying to figure out the answer can make you really smart… Read more Audio
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In search of better solar power
3:35 PM.Summer is coming, and all we can think about is that sweet, sweet sunshine. Meet Dr Michael Price: a researcher using lasers to find better, more efficient solar panel materials. Read more
Coming up
1:15 Vintage NZ photos in the US up for auction
Over a million vintage New Zealand photographs almost ended up in landfill after being sent to the US to be digitised in 2013.
Among the photos are images of the Rainbow Warrior sinking, Sir Edmund Hillary's ascent of Mt Everest and Napier in aftermath of the 1931 Earthquake. Some photos date back as early as 1840.
It's a rich visual archive of Aotearoa. And they're still under foreign ownership in the US, but are now available for auction on the open market.
Daniel Miller has saved the photos from being destroyed, he talks to Jesse about his upcoming auction and desire for the images to be returned to their homeland.
1:25 NZ's only drum festival
New Zealand's only drum-dedicated festival kicks off next Friday.
It'll explore percussion from many different cultures, like African drumming, Tasmanian leather string drums, and Japanese Taiko drumming.
Liam Oliver is a student with the University of Canterbury's Gamelan ensemble, he talks to Jesse about their festival.
Photo: Viktor Cap/ 123rf
1:35 Akaroa Garden tour
Coming up there's a chance to have a nosey around the manicured gardens of Akaroa.
The biennial Inside and Out House and Garden tour is taking place over the weekend of November 19th and 20th.
The tour takes in 13 homes and gardens and is a fundraiser for the Akaroa Museum and Akaroa District Promotions.
Jill Simpson talks to Jesse about the chance to visit some of the most beautiful gardens in the South Island.
Akaroa Gardens Photo: akaroa.com
1:45 Common Ground photo exhibition in Hokianga
A trip back in time is on display at the Village Arts Gallery in Kohukohu, the exhibition is called Common Ground.
It's a series of photos from a project which started in 1984 and was meant to take 6 months, instead it spanned a decade.
Photographer, Marg Morrow, talks to Jesse about the images and capturing the vanishing way of life in the North Hokianga.
2.12 Podcast Critic: Elliot Childs
Today Elliot Childs talks to Jesse about America's Dead and Significant Others.
2:25 Bookmarks with John Bonning
Today's Bookmarks guest has been working as a doctor for more than three decades, spending many of those years as an emergency physician.
He's worked extensively in different EDs throughout Aotearoa, Australia and the UK.
He's also the Immediate past president of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine- the first New Zealander to hold such a position.
Currently, Dr John Bonning works as an Emergency Doctor at Waikato Hospital. He's with Jesse in the Auckland studio to talk about what he reads, watches and listens to when he's not on duty!
Dr John Bonning Photo: Supplied / ACEM
What If book cover Photo: penguinrandomhouse.com
3:10 Maths without numbers can make you smarter!
There is such a thing as a stupid question. For example, what would happen if the Solar System was filled with soup out to Jupiter? But trying to figure out the answer can make you really smart. Former NASA roboticist turned cartoonist Randall Munroe spends his days applying physics and math to answer crazy questions. Bill Gates and Neil Gaiman are among his fans.The questions he likes best come from kids who want to know about the soup or how many humans a TREX would need to eat to survive. He tries to make science accessible and funny in his latest book, "What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions," .
3:35 Stories from Our Changing World
Coming up on Our Changing World, Claire Concannon finds out about research into new materials that might help us in the quest for more efficient solar power.
The Ultrafast Laser Lab at Victoria University of Wellington. Photo: Liz Garton / RNZ
3:45 The Panel with Verity Johnson and Nick Leggett
